Airspace gallery In the Window Proposal Background information Raised in London, England; Holland, the Netherlands; Warsaw, Poland; Surrey, England Current practice Adam Kelly is enthused to explore the potential of self-identity, developing work across themes such as history and ideologies, […]
The fifth annual Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair runs from 4-7 October and features over 150 exhibitors plus, for the first time, a talks series.
It was the opening night at the Bridewell last night and wouldn’t you know it, it was absolutely torrential rain. If I wasn’t in the exhibition, I probably would have looked outside, shut the door and sat snuggled up to […]
September Crits – Part 2 (continued from previous post) The following week, I attended another ‘crit club’ organised for staff at the Tate. It was a really good and useful experience maybe more so as I didn’t really know anybody […]
Influences When I first started taking photographs I just went out and took photos – I have always graduated towards landscape and seacape. Most of my photography was dictated by holidays and days out. I just took pictures of where […]
It had a been a long wait to start my PhD since receiving notification about my AHRC funding in June, but the day was finally here. Armed with a new pencil case, I walked to university, excited to begin the […]
Following on from Victoria Mitchell’s talk on the relationships between text and textiles, we have a some members of a textile group in residence this week, rain or shine. This is some information about them: Seamless – ethos Keen to […]
TRASH Art Exhibition Thursday 13 September 2012 The Basement, Brighton Museum of Contemporary Rubbish participated in the TRASH Art Exhibition as part of the TRASH Postgraduate Conference at the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. The […]
TRASH Conference Friday 14 September 2012 University of Sussex Tracey Potts was the keynote speaker on Your Own Personal Landfill: Stuff, Matter and the Myth of Eco-decluttering Her presentation focus was on clutter and stuff vs matter, challenging the pseudo-biomedical […]
Recent RCA graduate Karolina Glusiec awarded £8,000 First Prize for hand-drawn animation.
Airspace Studio Show ’12 Preparations for the upcoming group exhibition at Airspace Gallery featuring all studio artists (including the two graduate artists-in-residence) are underway with titles and ideas bouncing off the walls like so many footballs. The general feeling is […]
Trash Conference is nearly here! On Thursday I’m off to Brighton to present the Museum of Contemporary Rubbish at The Basement (Kensington Street, Brighton) as part of the TRASH Postgraduate Conference at the University of Sussex http://sussextrashconference.wordpress.com I’m showing a […]
Retrospectively it’s great how keeping a blog allows you to compile your thoughts in an orderly way whilst also being able to draw out important themes, ideas or questions. Following on my from my last post I’d been thinking a […]
Since my last post I have been in a few group exhibitions, including ‘Beaten Black Blue Red Green and Gold’ in Cardiff and ‘Idiot Joy Showland’ in Bristol. I also had some new work at the Motorcycle Showroom Open Studio […]
Unlike many international art biennials, Liverpool Biennial has deep roots in its host city’s contemporary art scene. As the festival reaches an intriguing point in its 13-year history, with a new director and considerably reduced budget, we assess its importance to the city’s visual arts infrastructure.
Two days ago I completed the first of regular monthly support meetings to check in on progress with the Airspace Graduate Residency program and found it most enlightening. There were several names of artists, organisations, groups and more that will […]
Annabel Tilley talks to Gary Hume about twenty-five years of practice, prizes and paint.
In Deed ‘… the artist’s looking is more practical than reflective, as we will see. The artist looks to the world in such a way as to allow it to move her body rather than describe it. Moreover, art has […]
Nine artists selected for the South West’s foremost contemporary art competition.
The Victorian Vaults, London
2 August 2012 to 10 August 2012
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
8 – 25 August 2012